New Beginners (A1 – A2):      

• Wednesday 10 am – 12 noon
• Thursday 7 – 9 pm

New Beginners Spanish class learning objectives:

Students will analyze the fundamental elements of the Spanish language, will appreciate aspects of Spanish and Latin American society and culture. In addition to this, students will have the opportunity to study in small groups of people, which will allow them to receive a higher and more detailed level of individual attention. During our courses you will learn how to:

• Introduce yourself and describe yourself, your family and other people;
• Giving and asking for information;
• Talk about your hobbies and interests;
• Ordering at a restaurant, shopping and other daily activities.
• Arrange a meeting;
• How to accept or decline an invitation;
• Express your intentions;
• How to make plans with other people;
• Talk on the phone;
• How to express a possibility, a permit or an obligation;
• Talk about health, the human body, weather, news and feelings;
• Describe past events and past habits.

The outcome of the course:

At the end of the course, students will be able to express themselves with grammatical precision in Spanish and to appreciate the cultural aspects. Studying in a small group offers ample opportunities to practice the language in realistic settings, with an emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Furthermore, students will practice the language during our free conversation classes and film club run monthly. Emphasis is placed on the progressive development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. When finished, you will finally start speaking like real Spanish!

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Improvers (A2/B1):

• Monday 7 – 9 pm

For students who have studied for at least 18 months. You will be sure to have conversations about your daily life using present and past tenses. You will also learn how to write short texts such as letters and messages to your friends and how to give advice (imperative) and make plans with them for the future (simple future). In other words, you will learn to extricate yourself from the Spanish language with increasing ease and fluidity, learning to handle Spanish in both written and spoken form, so that your travels in Spain become easier than ever, through many related activities. to different cultural topics.

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Intermediate (B1/B2):

• Wednesday 7 – 9 pm

For students who have studied for at least 18 months.Intermediate Spanish class learning objectives:

You will study in a small group with a native Spanish teacher, how to:

• describe your feelings, your interests
• talk about future events, possibilities and hypothesis
• give and ask for advice; how to express pleasure, displeasure and preferences
• topics relating to the cultural aspects of Hispanic society, traditions, music, films
• report something said by others (reported speech 1)
• news in slow Spanish

The outcome of the course:

Upon completion, students will be able to communicate spontaneously and accurately with increasing complexity. They will understand the gist of complex texts about diverse topics and put forward an argument, stating the pros and cons of the different options.

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Advanced  (C1) :

• Friday 6 – 7 pm

Advanced Spanish class learning objectives:

You will study in a small group with a native Spanish teacher focussing on:

• Oracciones comparativas y modales;
• Estilo indirect;
• Formas impersonales del verbo;
• Perífrasis verbales;
• Voz pasiva;
• News, tv programmes, cultural aspects, art, traditions, current affairs.

The use of authentic, literary texts as well as the media will reinforce and maintain your fluency in Spanish. Stress is placed on the use of sophisticated grammatical structures indispensable to the art of translation and interpretation. Cultural topics about Hispanic society, language and culture will highlight your sessions. Ideal for students who have studied for more than two years and are fluent in Spanish.

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